The Story Never Ends

"If not for him having the talisman that could bring him out of the secret realm, I would have surely killed him." Olivia was still furious about that incident. But she knew that she would definitely fall into trouble if he managed to escape from here. What if he told the elders about it?

"I should have patience and wait for the perfect opportunity. According to the emperor, my task is to find this person and collect some information about the sect. Currently, I have finished the first one. As for the other, it would take a few more days," she thought.

"Then I can finally return back. Moreover, it will also be the time for us to attack since the reinforcements should have already arrived." She looked solemn as the emperor had put great importance on this mission.

"How could they act as nothing had happened?" While Davion and Olivia were in deep thought, Leyla was in her own world.

"Especially him." She glanced at Davion. She couldn't believe he would be such a liar. She still remembered him telling her to be careful of Olivia. But now he himself was enjoying time with her.

"If I hadn't arrived at that time, would they have already done it?" Just imagining this made her body feel hot.

"No, no. I should not be thinking this," she shook her head and saw Davion smiling at her.

"How shameless…" she muttered.

"He is a rogue, like that guy from the Wild Northern Forest." She gave him a disdainful look.

"Wait." Suddenly something struck her mind. Since both looked similar and had the same wrenched character, couldn't they be the same person?"

"He must have fooled me again." Her chest was heaving up and down from anger.

"Leyla, did something happen to you?" Davion asked innocently.

"Humph!" She didn't reply to him and turned her head towards Olivia.

"Be careful of him. He is not good enough for you," she said. She felt that Olivia might have been lured by him.

"Eh!" Davion didn't understand it and had a confused look on his face.

The same goes for Olivia. But she answered her and gazed at him with a questioning look, "Indeed. Who could have thought that he would have such a personality?"

When he heard it, he nearly coughed out blood from anger. Did she even have the right to question other's personalities when she herself had a strange one?

"Just you wait." He would definitely teach her a lesson later on.

"As I thought…" Leyla found his character more disturbing.

After a while, they came out of the lake and landed at the foot of one of the mountains. Then Davion took out the pearl that he had obtained from the squid.

"So, what are we going to do with it?" he asked.

"Keep it with you for the time being. We will divide them after exiting from the Secret Realm," Leyla replied and Olivia nodded in agreement.

"As you say," he put it back and was about to ask something when the ground they had been standing on began shaking.

"What is happening?" Leyla panicked.

"Look!" Olivia pointed her index finger towards the mountain that was opposite to them.

They were shocked by what they saw. The peak of the mountain crumbled and fell down to the lake. Afterward, an avalanche took place, and the other parts of it began falling apart.

"BOOM"

Only after a few minutes, did it stop.

"Is something like this even possible?" They couldn't believe that the remaining part of the mountain after breaking apart resembled a human that was sleeping with his back facing on the ground. Not only that, one could identify that it was definitely a male due to its private part and the long beard that was hanging from its face.

"Is it a giant petrified into a stone or a giant made from rocks?" Davion pondered.

"Is it over?" Leyla asked with a shaky voice.

"I don't think so," Olivia replied as she sensed some movement coming from the giant.

"Bang..Bang"

The two hands of the giant slammed on the ground and it slowly stood up by supporting itself with them.

"Is it coming for us?" Leyla had beads of sweat on her forehead.

"Who knows?" Davion was quite calm as he sensed the aura coming from the giant hadn't reached the Nascent Soul Stage. However, it would surely be able to crush that squid into pieces with a single blow.

The giant after standing up glanced at them for a second and started marching in a certain direction.

"Wew, too scary. I thought that we were finished," Leyla sighed in relief.

"Let's follow it," Davion was excited.

"This.." Leyla didn't want to take this risk.

But Olivia too seemed to be excited like Davion.

"What are you scared of, Leyla? You can depend on us," she said.

"You.." Listening to her made her vexed. Nonetheless, she didn't want to fall behind them. So, she took out her spiritual artifact, and they all hopped into it.

***

Further, away from the frozen lake, there was a huge land covered with ice. Except for a few tall trees, nothing could be seen from afar. However, there was a large group of disciples gathered here. They were being led by an eye-catching male and a female. In Particular, that female had a beautiful bird on her side. Indeed, they were Liam and Nora.

Right now, there were infront of a thousand feet tall rock where a snowy white flower could be seen.

"Senior Sister, is this the ten thousand years old heavenly ice alpine flower?" One of the disciples asked.

"Of course, it is. Can't you feel the aura radiating from it?" Someone scoffed.

"Shut up, you two," Liam yelled.

"Check the surroundings carefully. There must be guardians hiding somewhere." He ordered.

The disciples nodded and began to inspect carefully. How could there be no guardians protecting this rare treasure?

"Junior Sister, it seems like you have been blessed by the heavens." Liam praised her.

"Yes. Who would have thought that I would be able to get my hands on it?" She was full of smiles. This flower contained a terrifying amount of ice energy which was very precious for someone practicing ice-based techniques like her. Even the Nascent Soul Cultivators would fight to the death for it.

"Haiz, only I can't find anything useful for me." He was a bit disappointed.

"It was not your fault, senior brother. After all, you are someone born with the rare light spiritual root and there are not many things that can help you," She comforted him.

"Even if you say…" Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by her.

"Senior Brother, why do you look so sad? I will give you a barrier-breaking pill after exiting the Secret Realm," She proudly said.

"Are you sure?" He felt that he had heard wrong. This was due to the fact that these pills could help one to increase their chances of reaching the Nascent Soul Stage when trying to breakthrough. Thus, they were quite rare and could only be made by the Domain Realm experts.

"Hehe, what do you take me for?" She chuckled as she knew why he was acting this way. This was all for some benefits.

"Thank you, Junior Sister. You can be reassured and don't need to worry about anything when I'm here. I will help you to obtain everything in this secret realm," He boasted.

"Then I will depend upon you," She politely said. But inwardly she was cursing him. "Dumb ass."

A while later, the disciples gathered and reported all the details.

"Senior Brother, we really couldn't find anyone."

"Maybe there is really no one guarding it."

Liam thought for a while and said, "It's strange. We have met with many guardians along the way when unearthing treasures. Even though they are not as rare as this, they are worth quite a sum."

"Senior Brother, why don't you go and pluck it? It will confirm whether it is true or not?" Nora suggested.

"Damn, what if there are some traps?" Although he decided to help herself, he was furious inside. But he didn't dare to say it out loud.

"As you say, Junior Sister." He showed a forced smile and approached the rock.

"Wew, let's see what happens." He was about to climb it when suddenly a loud roar was heard.

"RROOAARR"

"Ah.." Everyone covered their ears and felt pain in their eardrums. Some weaker disciples even had blood coming out from them.

"Who is it?" They looked in that direction and had their mouths wide open. A huge giant was coming towards them while jumping from one place to another.

"Bang..Bang.."

Every time the giant landed on the ground it would shake making it difficult for them to maintain their balance.

"Senior Brother, do we run?" The disciples were filled with fear.

He glanced at Nora and waited for her answer. Seeing this, she said, "Ok! But pick off the flower first."

"Damn"